MBTA Announces Service Changes For Haverhill Line

WILMINGTON, MA — The MBTA has announced service changes for several lines including the Green, Red, Orange, Kingston, Middleborough, Greenbush, Framingham/Worcester, Haverhill, and Newburyport/Rockport lines.

The service changes are to allow the MBTA to "continue working to maintain its infrastructure and improve reliability across the system for riders," according to a statement.

Shuttle buses will be used on the Haverhill Line between Ballardvale and North Station during the weekends of March 9 to 10, March 23 to 24, and March 30 to 31.

The following will occur during those times:

• Shuttle buses will replace train service between Reading and Oak Grove where passengers can connect to Orange Line subway.
• A shuttle bus will also provide service between Reading and Anderson/Woburn for connections to the Lowell Line and Haverhill Line.
• The shuttle service between Reading and Oak Grove will stop in Wakefield, Greenwood, Melrose Highlands, Melrose Cedar Park, Wyoming Hill, and Oak Grove.
• North Wilmington Station will not have shuttle bus service with passengers encouraged to utilize Lowell Commuter Rail Line service at Wilmington Station instead.
• Train service for passengers between Ballardvale and Haverhill will be re-routed along the Lowell Line after Ballardvale, making one additional stop at Anderson/Woburn and then running express to North Station. Riders desiring service to or from Reading and Oak Grove should disembark at Anderson/Woburn and board the shuttle bus service.

The service is to allow crews to perform automatic train control work. This is a federally mandated safety system that sends signals to trains about potentially unsafe conditions, automatically slowing and stopping a train if needed.

More information is available at the MBTA's website.